The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-01-05
New York. nroo&,yu ond Long 1saand City,

A'o" Aot sateVsIyn oiiu 14ouS &sSt1o Slty,
quit work.
q The Empire Protective association gives
up tho flght against tho Third Avcnue rood
IL. At tho meeting of tho Brotherhood Of
Felegrephers, ns Kansas City, IL was decided
to join tho Knights OF Labor.
2s. The Lako Shore switchmcn os Chicago,
oSt on strike, became very demonstratiye; q
train OF cnrs thrown or tho troclz.
JULY.
81. Union employees Of fourteen Now Yo-k
eiScr factories locked Gus.
q. The Bsen who distributed hoyco1e ctrcu-
Lars refelrfRg TO tho Widow Landgrafrs
bakery were convictod at Ncw York, bororo
Judge Garrett, and seatenccd 50 to,1n5 of Inn
prisonrnc2t of frora ten to thirty dsyA
rs. The National Cignrmakcrs union With
drew from tho knights OF Labor.
August.
is. Tha ciGaIInakcrs Of New York, who
had been on strike fer como time, determined
10 rcsan,o work
20. Tko eish. Chicago AAarchtas who were
on trial for tho HayInarket riot and bomb
throwing were convicted Spies, Schwsb,
flnlden, PGroo.as, Fischer, Engcl aud Ling
"oao eensca2od TO death. Essbo got fifteen
years IL prison.
rs. Broadway surfaoo rosa tied up. The
tic up was Of short duration.
SLfIEABEE-
4. Three hundred and thirty pl,ralers
locked ont in New York city because OF n
uh2rercs bstwcsn them end tho bosses over
tse apprenticeship rulo.
o. Monster parade and demonstration OF
trades unioNists and their sympathizcla In
Few York ctty.
IL. One thousand eeilers struck gt San
trancisco owing to differences with tho shin
ping agents
le. Al the laborers and mechanics O,
Charleston, 8. c., struck for on increase of
wages, which wns denied Tho laca there
upon resumed work.
25. -Four hundred aid fffty brownetono
rubbcrs struck in New York city against tho
employment Of non union nan.
OCTOBER
d. ArmoGrs bocf inon wero ordered 10 Quit
work
Z. Eight thousand pori, packers of Chicaro
struck for eight houra
Z. The general assembly of the Knights OF
Labor organized at Richmond and admitted
the Homo club
10. Tho moroeco workers OF Wilmington,
who have been out on ssriko for soven months,
have returned 10 work
~. Lucy Parsons, wfe Of ono OF tho con
denned Chicago Anarchists, began n series
Of addresses In Now York and vicinity In bo-
half OF her husband and his collenGues
~ Tho great striko OF tho Chicago packing
Rouso workiAen Is at an end, tho men hav!ur,
egreed to rctura 20 work on tho ten hour plan,
20. National assembly OF tho knights OF
Labor, at Richmond, Va, was adjourned sine
die Grand Mastar Workman Powdorly's
haiaiy was increased 70 5000 from 81, 500.
Other salaries raised accordingly
". Tho convention OF tho National Brother.
hood OF Engineers, at New York, unanI.
IlOuSlY . ~.
grand chief engineer.
~. The condemned Chicago Anarchists
have beoen granted supcrscdeas Thss opor-
etos as stay OF cEeeu' ioa
EovEIDga
]. Tho striking minors at Sha,aohin. pa
dccide - res,me work Yhs raintsru and
paper hangers OF HayerhIl, MaaI, struck for
niro hourG
d. Tho Paterson i,lU'ders otrike was enGsd
~ the boSsas granting tho tlweass CD
n;eudei
6. Tho AuSusts. GA, o,sssn n,fa .tssAo "a
at an cad. The mill o~uors yield
O. Twenty thousand Chlaako pork rsoxe-s
sIpln quit work
81. Three thousand six hundred bo.t,ers, Of
tho eastern portions of tho United States.
struck against proposed reduction of pcr
cent. in their wages.
SS. The strike OF tho tanners and curriers'
OF Salon and Peabody, Mass, hos failed
DECEMBER
T. Strike In Breeds shoe shops at Lynn,
Mass, 700 persons went out
IL Tho conference Of trades Unions at Col
umbus, o., adopt tho namo OF "Tho American
Confederation OF Labor"
10 The Brooklyn knights OF labor object
10 the payment OF n contribution Of 81 each
toward purchasing a hall In New York.
ho .f
Pany, at oxlnoor. Ala, quit work on account
OF q compulsory school tax
"a Several of tho Brooklyn surface roads
tied up. Settled samo day. Gfter somo blood
shed.
70. Ono thousand two hundred dissatisfied
employees at tho coal wharves OF the Reading
road IN Philadelphia, struck. Unless tho do
'nands OF the men arc granted, 25, 900 Knights
OF Labor will go out shortly.